FIELD SERVICES
Fugenia W Conolly, Assistant Director
(410) 767 6543

Under Field Services are two divisions Preven-
tion Services, and Treatment and Field Services

PREVENTION SERVICES DIVISION
Vacancy, Chief
(410) 767-6543

The Prevention Services Division funds, devel
ops, implements, and monitors prevention strate-
gies The Division works with the Office for
Children, Youth, and Families, the State Depart
ment of Education, the Department of Human
Resources, and the Department of Transportation

TREATMENT & FIELD SERVICES DIVISION
John Soffe, Chief
(410) 767-6910

To coordinate addiction treatment services, the
Treatment and Field Services Division serves as liaison
between local and State government agencies The
Division, formerly called the Regional Field Services
Division, received its present name in 1994

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION, QUALITY
ASSURANCE, OFFICE OF EDUCATION &
TRAINING FOR ADDICTION SERVICES
Stephen B Goldtdang, Assistant Director
(410) 767 6886

OFFICE OF EDUCATION & TRAINING FOR
ADDICTION SERVICES
Ludwig L Lankford, Chief
(410) 767-6933

Created in 1976, the Office of Education and
Training for Addiction Services educates and trains
public and private providers of treatment and pre
venuon programs for addicts The Office also helps
devise curriculum and evaluates college and univer-
sity courses on how to treat and prevent addiction

MA NAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES
William T Rusmko, Chief
(410) 767 6886

Management Information Services develops
and maintains agency data systems, reports and
analyzes trends and patterns in alcohol and drug
abuse, and assessment of treatment programs, and
assists other Divisions with data, research, and com-
puterized information systems All certified provid
ers of public and private treatment and DWI
assessors must report to the Division

COMMUNITY HEALTH
SURVEILLANCE & LABORATORIES
ADMINISTRATION

J Mehsen Joseph, Ph D , Director

201 West Preston St
Baltimore, MD 21201—2399 (410) 767-6100

The Community Health Surveillance and Labo
ratones Administration was formed by the Depart
ment in 1987 The Administration is responsible
for four offices Drug Control, Epidemiology and
Disease Control, Food Protection and Consumer
Health Services, and Laboratories

BOTTLED WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chair Diane L Matuszak, M D , designee of
Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene
(410) 767 8448
The Bottled Water Advisory Committee was
formed in 1992 (Chapter 385, Acts of 1992) The
Committee advises the Department on regulations
governing bottled drinking water (Code Health—
General Article, sec 21 336)

OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL
Charles H Tregoe, Director

4201 Patterson Ave , 4th floor
Baltimore, MD 21215—2299 (410) 764-2890

The Office originated in 1951 as the Division of
Drug Control within the Bureau offcnvironmental
Hygiene Later transferred to the Office ofLicens
mg and Certification, the Division of Drug Control
was reorganized in 1987 as the Office of Drug
Control and placed under the Community Health
Surveillance and Laboratories Administration
The Office enforces the Controlled Dangerous Sub
stance Act and ensures the availability of drugs for
legitimate medical and scientific purposes while working
to prevent drug abuse (Code 1957, Art 27, sees 276-
302) Office programs focus on physicians, dentists,
vetennanans, pharmacists, manufacturers, distributors,
pharmacies, and nonpharmacy establishments

OFFICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
& DISEASE CONTROL
Ebenezer Israel, M D , Director

201 West Preston St
Baltimore, MD 21201—2399 (410) 767 6700

The Office of Epidemiology and Disease Con
trol works to control all communicable diseases
affecting people in Maryland Through the
Epidemiology and Disease Control Program, the
Office strives to contain hard to control diseases,
such as hepatitis, influenza, sexually transmitted
diseases, and rabies The Office also works to con-
trol acute communicable diseases, tuberculosis,